European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                C j Ilvars in d stripes Heide x j j x t s t col Peter commanding Heidelberg military by Omer Anderson 3 staff writer the Heidelberg military Post has Laid on what is probably the most comprehensive Post improve ment program in Neucom romantic americans coming to Ger col Peter the Heidelberg Post sigh for a Castle on the Rhine and a chef who can turn out a French they he comprehend the terrific housing crisis in the Post who in the regarded As a top City has worked out a master Post planning program designed to solve several perplexing problems at briefly the plan will concentrate the a m e r i can Community in Heidelberg around he and provide a consolidated shopping Center in an area free from traffic under this romanticist will be free to stroll the where Goethe acid still be Able to dispose of the family Wash Ina laundromat at laundromats require 45 Lloyd pointed out Vin the meantime the housewife can do her commissary Pur housing construction either completed or under Way on adjacent to he members of the 7777th Neucom Honor guard go through a Drill on the Parade ground at Jccob Headquarters in combined with the remodelling of buildings in Heidelberg and will lick the posts housing it is the shopping to go up adjacent to the commissary and yes will House the main Post fax and its now scattered along into the new building also will go the Post finance the main apr and of the american express and Chase National Laid out for Carriage Heidel bergs streets Are clogged with bicycles and shifting of the shopping Center will ease and the German railway with cooperation from the plans to build new freight and passenger terminals on the cites Western opposite the rail traffic will then be the Heidelberg Story is an interest ing study in what can be achieved by a Post commander who goes out of his Way to harmonize conflicting which came through the untouched by bombs or artillery glows like a Beacon to East zone the refugee tide has doubled the prewar the cites hostelry and shop owners became increasingly restive to resume collection of tourist Lloyd has met the germans More than half As a the Amer ican Community is getting buildings Tai lored to its and the germans have been handed Back or shortly will a number of important business new construction is being paid from occupation but Lloyds after racking up costs of operating scattered requisitioned store figure they can pay for the new shopping Cen Ter within approximately five years the savings from solid and maintenance the Heidelberg posts primary Mission is to House keep for he it operates at Mannheim and serving a number of important among them the 63d heavy tank in and the 48th and 552d a gun and a the Post serves of which Are those of Heidelberg is endowed with standout educational and recreational the army education housed in a Section of Heidelberg is the Hub of the army University of Mary land and offers Superior facilities for of duty the special services largest in the has and houses the Neucom technical reference Library there is boating on the Neckar swimming in both a Neckar Side outdoor Pool and an indoor the Post and two sub posts have Access to a Golf a stadium both at steam three five swim Ming pools and four Tennis the Post is Rich in historical Mark As Well As a dozen european stayed at the Schloss the Post takes unusual pains to Orient in a foreword to an information handbook issued by the Post Lloyd summed up All in newcomers will find that ample provisions for their safety and enjoyment have been made of their and it is our sincere Hope that All will have a most pleasant tour of duty on the the 63page written by Sec Gannon under the direction of capt Gordon Post is one of the most comprehensive surveys of Post facilities and procedures Ever compiled by a Post in the Heidelberg attractions for tourists Span an amazing Range of historic and Scenic in the cellar of the storied Heidelberg Castle is the worlds biggest wine cask holding the City also contains the fossilized jaw Homo Heidelberg Sis or the Hei Delberg tagged As belonging to an unknown Type of Man from the palaeolithic the perked for Eit listed person is celebrated locally for its murals depicting the life and times of the twin Kling round Little court who was paid 20 bottles of Pfalz wine a Day to an Eye on elector Karl Philippes dates Back to when its possibilities for fortification attracted the counts of the rhenish Many romantic including either lived or wandered extensively in Heidelberg which in the late 1700s was a Symbol of the romantic movement who says he views the Post As an operating of has served As executive officer of the army War in c and in for the 5th army in the Mediterranean and Ufa he came to Heidelberg last August from the san where he was Post co Heidelberg is Rich in historic lore and old three soldiers Dine at the perked named for the cites Patron the Famou Castle which looms above the town has been largely Bat this old Tower still shows its the stars and stripes